coed bats

[22justin82]

Locally coed leagues/tournaments have guys using a 30" bat. Looking at a tournament that let's guys use regular bats. Any asa or usssa bat.

Does that seem crazy to anyone else? No way am I putting a chick at 3rd vs a man with a regular bat.

Is my area the only area that plays the 30" or is the tournament I'm looking at just not caring about safety?

 

[Joker]

really? Girls can't play 3rd against a 34" bat? You sound ***ist

 

[RODOJR13]

If your playing a girl at third now that must mean shes a better third baseman than any guy on your team, so what does it matter. If not move your best guy there.

 

[22justin82]

So put a girl at ss? Nah

 

[chrometip78]

Locally coed leagues/tournaments have guys using a 30" bat. Looking at a tournament that let's guys use regular bats. Any asa or usssa bat.

Does that seem crazy to anyone else? No way am I putting a chick at 3rd vs a man with a regular bat.

Is my area the only area that plays the 30" or is the tournament I'm looking at just not caring about safety?

 

[Malaboo27]

There isn't a single team in our coed league that has a girl playing 3b. Are the guys on your team really that bad?

 

[stork]

We have a girl play 3rd a lot. But then again, our girls can play.

 

[baseman]

I can't imagine swinging a 30'' bat. I drop 3 as it is.

 

[ryan89]

My question is do you have to alternate in the field? from one of your comments it seems like you may have to do that. A lot of local tournaments in my area require you to alternate in the field as well as the batting order, however in those tournaments the guys swing wood bats. I also play U-trip but we dont have to alternate in the field..

 

[TimHansen14]

So put a girl at ss? Nah

We usually have a girl at short, but she is a great fielder and has a good arm. Didn't do it this year as she just had a baby at the beginning of summer.

 

[Malaboo27]

We have a girl play 3rd a lot. But then again, our girls can play.

I'm not saying girls can't play 3rd but if you're going to have them play third they should be able to field well enough to handle themselves

 

[Joker]

I'm not saying girls can't play 3rd but if you're going to have them play third they should be able to field well enough to handle themselves

thanks captain obvious

 

[stork]

Just let guys swing their normal bats. They just have to swing oppo and from their knees. That way you don't make it a farce.

 

[Malaboo27]

thanks captain obvious

You're welcome

 

[Hanovi]

We play USSSA rules any new stamp bat is able to be used by either guys or girls league and tournament play

 

[NoNameJames]

:sucks:

There are girls that handle mens balls all day :hump:

 

[fowlo24]

our league and tourneys around here u have 3 girls in the infield and 2 in the outfield. So we just put our girls at 1st and 2nd base, and at catcher

 

[MichelleG]

Locally coed leagues/tournaments have guys using a 30" bat. Looking at a tournament that let's guys use regular bats. Any asa or usssa bat.

Does that seem crazy to anyone else? No way am I putting a chick at 3rd vs a man with a regular bat.

Is my area the only area that plays the 30" or is the tournament I'm looking at just not caring about safety?

Why would you want to play a tourney where guys have to use "toy" bats? I've played coed tourneys where the girls hit the 11 inch ball, or got an extra strike, or there was a coed line, but 30" bats for the men is just silly. And I play third all the time. Rather field a hot shot at 3rd than be playing 1st and wondering where the next ball thrown at me from 3rd or short is actually going to go. Had to run into right field to field a ball "at first" last week. Sheesh!

 

[Mr. Roper]

Locally coed leagues/tournaments have guys using a 30" bat. Looking at a tournament that let's guys use regular bats. Any asa or usssa bat.

Does that seem crazy to anyone else? No way am I putting a chick at 3rd vs a man with a regular bat.

Is my area the only area that plays the 30" or is the tournament I'm looking at just not caring about safety?

this reminds me of that movie "the village" - where there was this whole community of people that lived by retarded rules while the rest of the world around them was light years ahead.

 

[OSU02]

Why would you want to play a tourney where guys have to use "toy" bats? I've played coed tourneys where the girls hit the 11 inch ball, or got an extra strike, or there was a coed line, but 30" bats for the men is just silly. And I play third all the time. Rather field a hot shot at 3rd than be playing 1st and wondering where the next ball thrown at me from 3rd or short is actually going to go. Had to run into right field to field a ball "at first" last week. Sheesh!

Our ladies hit 11" balls. Out of curiosity, what is a coed line?

 

[zug]

This is so stupid.

Put your best third baseman at third. If nobody on your team is good enough to react to line drives, find a better third baseman. Who cares whether they have a **** or not?

 

[louconn]

i use regular bats in my coed league and i always blast oppo cause the girls miss every time. i batted 1.000

 

[stork]

I hit it at the guys direction whenever possible. As long as we are winning of course.

 

[louconn]

nah, i usually try to hit it to guys too unless we're getting whipped too. even then i try to swing out of my shoes cause girls are watching.

 

[stork]

The key is to impress them without humiliating them.

 

[chrometip78]

Some like being humiliated

 

[stork]

Good point.

 

[MichelleG]

Our ladies hit 11" balls. Out of curiosity, what is a coed line?

Coed line is marked in the outfield usually 200 feet out. When a girl bats, outfielders may not move in front of this line until the ball is hit. You're welcome.

 

[22justin82]

Hell I don't even feel comfortable batting with a chick standing on 3rd.

 

[Joker]

cause you're so good and girls are so bad